Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-09-30
= A sAMARITANs EXPERIENCE.
Graphic Diseourngcmcnt for TIL, slliicn-
tIUM OF Ono Type of PhIlnnthro Isl

A newspaper mnu Of wide acqunlnt-
anco and boit "olent disposition wa, go
iug homo ono night not long ugo WHOM
ho fell In. at t. . doorway ot hosel,
with perso OF sono coas 'Qucnco in
tao connu ity, VINO had lurr.ou nueil
too long over tho wlno cup. nn was la ~
siu.o whurv disgrace II not harm minuu
opt.o to linn IL 10 were not got safely
homo worry 80 n.
Blcs. mol" said tho newspaper man
! to hln' elf, "heros II chance To do tnu
Job OF carefully, bccausr h Is vorJ
drunk. nnd ndroitly steer him homo
wni.e coming To io. him hNvJ his owil
+, Wa
So l,o stopru and foil Int, casy con-
, versalion With JobsoL, and presently
suli:
"woll. must DO going homo. Jobson.
Won't you walk along with mc2'
| "Shcrt My, oil bo. shertn'ly," said
Jobson. Grontoy pleasure % warl
shee II man homo. Como II long, vlo
! ow, coo long"
Thny SOL out logethor, tho nrwspn,cr
nun sup. or;ing tho unstoady movements
or his companion
Suddenly tho former rcmoa.b. rod TINT
he didn't knuw where BISON lived, OK
copt ihal IL was somuwhvrJ awty on IN
mo sauihcr, uutskiits OF tho u Y, u fear
| iul Distance beyond Ii ~ own house Eut
hu ,lldn'a uuro TO usk any quoations Int
would suggest to Jubson that ho wns
TAXI, x hun home, and simply depended
on tho impetus In sho right dii ocLiou to
Gu. ~ thom along.
Prcs-n,l, tLoy ronched the nowspnpcr
mans ho so, and Jobson Insisted On
leaving hlm there, But tho Newspaper
nnn rev vo brJthcrly and kept job
son gong.
TO later protest vi that tho nluht
was. damp nnd chilly that 1t woulI t
do Tor LIN, tho journalist, To stay o. L.
und SO on. But tho newspaper man
kept him going and Iolng,
Tho. q wasn't n car or carr.ng' II Il
tho good Samaritan wouldn't hive dare
10 tuko o..o ir there hui been. IL ,siew
very latn nnd ho thought OF his owu
wiz 40 n. I'M I'm alarm nt h.s nbsonco.
Dul hu wa, II for It.
Along toward morning thOy rnnchod n
door which Jobson. who hal grown
ar nltnr nn drunhor. soomoi To have n
friendly Interest In.
Tho newspaper man 'ricd It. and Mrs.
Johson ramO 20 tho door.
"Ail RI old girl" snll Jo' son. "my
ireh' so,n IN" home. now mus shuu
nm no o. Goo night. oil girl Can't
lut HIN go ono lone IN this damn nIrr'
IL ouid Som TINT nothing coul'l ro-
strain Johron from stnrtlu. bnck To
town with his Gompnnion. FINAL, hu
ihsis'cd, nS II comrromiso. that tho now,-
paper man should stay all night with
liin.
Mira. J bson gavo IN appealing look
ana tho Journalist consented, thnltIny TO
got Jorson In tho house unl then sllp
out by his wlfus aid. But onco IL. lob
son inslstol that ho must slcup with
him. NJ q grew very ugly WHOM ho trlul
10 got out o. It..
And 30 tho unfortunate nowspnpor
man went up To bod with l,o drunknr.l.
who took OF hls cont only who his
ir.end Ill aud wouldn't touch Il Singh
nutton u1iil ho other hui unfnstcnod
the corresponding one. md wouldn't reL
Into bed until the other hnd.
at last both wero snugl under IN.
sheet nnd the newspaper man wns
waiting cagorly for somo sign that his
companion WIS asleop. whom Jobson ex-
olnlnioi:
"Groat -, olc follow, did you shay
your !. NJ praayers'"
" BY zhe olo Harry, got up and shay
your prayers. an Ill shay minol"
Tho newspaper man got up and knclt
ht ono aldo Of tho bed and Jobson Mt tho
otiior. Whom tho remonIos wore com
pletod, both got bnck into bed, and In
about flye minutes Jobson began to
sDoro loudly.
Tho newspaper man enw his opror-
tunily. Ho roso stealthlly. put on his
undorclothing with trembling hnnds,
sncnkod down tho stairs with ills uuLor
garments In his arms, an ialshed his
dressing below. Then ho bado tho woup-
ing Mrs. Jobson good morning, and
started for his own house.
II was brond daylight when no rcachcd
home. mud ho lound another weeping
womnn thcre to greet him.
Tho next time find drunken man
making night OF It," tho newspaper
man says now, =" no can mako night OF
1t for all INC. 1 have hud enough OF
tho good Samaritan business to lust mo
nj n tnu lff, fnnoto. II ....l